Hamworthy Rec Res welcomed Bridport FC Res to the Meyson Properties Stadium, after a home defeat to Wimborne Town Res Rec were keen to put this right in another game under the light, the last game was an end to end 3-2 win for Rec with goals from Matt Kerse and Bryce Banfield, can Rec keep it tight at the back at home?

The game got underway with the visitors kicking off, Bridport looked to get the ball forward quickly but the Rec back line were comfortable in possession and played out looking to control the pace of the game, Rec had a couple of attacks down the wings but didn’t test the Bridport GK. On 10 mins Bridport were awarded a free kick in the middle of the Rec half, the ball was floated into the box but punched clear by Toby Butt out for a throw-in on the right, Bridports Paul Hill took the throw-in, it was set back to him and he carried the ball past 2 Rec defenders and into the box, side stepped another before unleashing his shot which beat Toby from close range, 0-1, not the start Rec were hoping for.

Rec responded immediately from the re-start, Rec controlled possession, drawing Bridport onto them, Logan Nicholson spotted the run of Henry Bowe down the left wing, Henry took the ball to the Bridport goal line, pulled it back to Matt Kerse on the edge of the penalty area, Matt cut in side and let off a right footed shot that cut across the GK, hit the far post and rebounded into the goal to draw the score line level after 2 mins, 1-1.

The Rec players settled into the game, looking to exploit the wide areas, Curtis Lane and Henry Bowe were enjoying a lot of possession in the wide areas, in the 23rd min Rec switched the play into the middle of the pitch, Samuel West spotted the run of Matt Kerse across the back line and beating the offside, Matt goal scorer now provider, took the ball out to the wing, drilled a low pass towards the front post where Harrison Whitelaw made a great diagonal run and flicked the ball past the GK into the bottom left corner, 2-1.

Rec really got on the front foot from here, happy in possession trying to tease another opening as Bridport appeared to sit back to soak up the initial pressure, Rec played the ball from left to right in an attempt to find a 3rd, this came on the 31st min, Harrison ran onto a long pass down the right wing, took the defender to the goal line and played it off him for a corner, Harrison now turning provider delivered the corner into the box, Curtis peeled back from the GK and had a glancing header at the back post which hit the back of the net, third goal scorer of the game for Rec, 3-1.

The visitors were not going to take this laying down, in the 34th min the visitors won a throw-in high in the Rec half, the thrower got the ball back and drove inside, got a shot off which deflected off Gavin Haynes for a corner, the corner was played short, the ball was carried to the edge of the box where the Bridport player had a shot, a great save by Toby to his bottom left corner unfortunately spilled to a Bridport player who side footed his first time shot over the stranded Toby, 3-2.

The game looked like it was going to fizzle out to half time with the visitors struggling to maintain possession of the ball, but Rec wasn’t finished there, Bridport now had the wind in their sails and looked to nick an equaliser before half time and committed numbers forward, Harrison pick the ball up on the half way line and carried the ball to the penalty area, he squared the ball to Samuel West, Westy played the ball out to Henry Bowe on the left, Henry rolled it back to Westy who had space and time to shoot, the ball deflected off a defender out to Curtis who was waiting on the right wing, now Curtis’s time to play provider clipped the ball into the box where